Target Tab missing

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I would like to change the location of the My Documents folder to a
non-system partition (obviously!)
However, there is no Target Tab in the (right click) properties for any of
my folders.
How can I turn Target back on?
(Or some other way of moving My Documents?)
Thank you,
Peter
 
RE: Target Tab missing

Sorry, forgot to add that I have checked the following and found no such reg
value.
Peter

This happens if the DisablePersonalDirChange policy setting exists. For
stand-alone systems, to get back the missing buttons, open Regedit and
navigate to:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \
Policies \ Explorer

In the right-pane, delete the DisablePersonalDirChange value.


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"pajudd" wrote:

> I would like to change the location of the My Documents folder to a
> non-system partition (obviously!)
> However, there is no Target Tab in the (right click) properties for any of
> my folders.
> How can I turn Target back on?
> (Or some other way of moving My Documents?)
> Thank you,
> Peter
 
Re: Target Tab missing

pajudd wrote:

> I would like to change the location of the My Documents folder to a
> non-system partition (obviously!)
> However, there is no Target Tab in the (right click) properties for any of
> my folders.
> How can I turn Target back on?
> (Or some other way of moving My Documents?)
> Thank you,
> Peter

Easiest way: Control Panel>Display>Desktop>Customize button. Put the My
Documents folder on your Desktop (I also like to have My Computer there).
Now right-click on that My Documents folder and choose Properties. You will
now see where you can Move it.

Malke
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MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ
 
Re: Target Tab missing

Malke,
Well aren't you a wondrous addition to the universe!

Perhaps you could also speculate why the evil MS Empire conspired in the
first place to put Docs and Sys stuff on the same partition? This concept
has greatly increased my computer tutoring income by chasing clients lost
files and mangled systems. You see they found backups daunting (ie.e didn't
do them) mostly because of said glaring error.

Thanks a heap.
Peter
 
Re: Target Tab missing

pajudd wrote:

> Malke,
> Well aren't you a wondrous addition to the universe!
>
> Perhaps you could also speculate why the evil MS Empire conspired in the
> first place to put Docs and Sys stuff on the same partition? This concept
> has greatly increased my computer tutoring income by chasing clients lost
> files and mangled systems. You see they found backups daunting (ie.e
> didn't do them) mostly because of said glaring error.

I can't tell from your post whether my advice helped and solved your issue
or you're just being sarcastic. I hope the former.

As for your other questions, I can't possibly answer why Microsoft designed
their software the way they did. If you consider the company evil, use
something else. OS X puts data on the same partition as the operating
system by default (although you can certainly change it). I'm very happy
with my Mac but of course it isn't Open Source. Most Linux distros
put /home in a separate partition; if the distro you're interested in
doesn't do this by default you can always mount /home where you want it.

Malke
--
MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ
 
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